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Historic Texas wildfires rage toward U.S. nuclear weapon facility
A series of wildfires in Texas began spreading on Monday (Feb. 26) and have now grown to historic scales, reaching 60 counties and threatening America's main nuclear weapon storage facility.
El Niño kickstarted the melting of Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' 80 years ago, new study reveals
Rapid melting of the Thwaites Glacier in west Antarctica began in the 1940s following an unusually hot El Niño fluctuation, ice cores have revealed.
Mexico City could be just months away from running out of drinking water
Record droughts have been draining Mexico City's aquifers faster than they can be replenished, placing the city at risk of severe water shortages.
Atlantic's hurricane alley is so hot from El Niño it could send 2024's storm season into overdrive
Unusually high temperatures combined with the abatement of the El Niño southern oscillation could aid the formation of extreme hurricanes this year.
Giant, synchronized swarms of locusts may become more common with climate change
Locust swarms can arise from several locations at once. Research has linked these dramatic events to bouts of heavy rain and wind — and that's not good news under climate change.
California-size Antarctic ice sheet once thought stable may actually be at tipping point for collapse
Researchers have discovered the base of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet, may already be partially thawed.
Greenland is losing so much ice it's getting taller
The bedrock of Greenland is expanding upward as the land mass sheds ice.
Controversial climate change study claims we'll breach 2 C before 2030
If the new study is correct, global warming is at least a decade further ahead than we thought. But other scientists say it is filled with errors and inconsistencies.
